Physicians and strikes: Can a walkout over the malpractice crisis be ethically justified?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages W12-W16

  Fiester, Autumn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STRIKES, EMPLOYEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8844265476     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/152651604773067505     Document Type: Article

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